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Scapegoat by ANOHNI

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ANOHNI

Scapegoat

Release date: 6th July 2023

From My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross
Track 5
5:23
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About This Track

'Scapegoat' by ANOHNI is an alternative track from the album 'My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross' (2023). The lyrics take a grimly intimate, accusatory stance on how a person can be treated as a target, reduced to something society discards, and handled as a vessel for someone else’s anger. One line sums up the cold logic of that bargain, with the singer rejecting any sense of personal motive for harm, insisting “It’s not personal”. The language is blunt and adversarial, turning the title into both indictment and role.

"Scapegoat" is a track by ANOHNI, from the album My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross, released 6th July 2023. The track is 5:23 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about ANOHNI.

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ANOHNI

ANOHNI

Lyrics

Scapegoat

You're so kill-able
Just so kill-able
It's not personal
It's just the way you were born
And in this society
A scapegoat is all I can be
Oh, you're so kill-able
I can say just what I want
I can use you like a toilet

I can punch you
Take all of my hate
Into your body
I can punch you
Take all of my hate
Into your body

Put here for me to loathe
Like an apple hanging on a tree
All I have to do is take it
All I have to do is want it
You're so kill-able
Disappear-able
This one we need not protect
This one's a freebie for our guns
Take this one to a place
You'd better have your way

Take all of my hate
Into your body
Take all of my hate
Into your flesh and body

It doesn't matter who you are
Or where you come from
It doesn't matter what you've got to give
Or why you want to live
You're my scapegoat
It's not personal
(It's not personal)

You're my scapegoat
It's not personal

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Track details

From My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross

5:232023
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Album
My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross
My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross
ANOHNI
7th July 2023
Track number
5
Release year
2023
  1. 1It Must Change
    4:55
  2. 2Go Ahead
    1:31
  3. 3Sliver of Ice
    3:42
  4. 4Can’t
    4:40

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  5. It’s My FaultMy Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross
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  6. RestMy Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross
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  • 5Scapegoat
    5:23
  • 6It’s My Fault
    2:16
  • 7Rest
    5:45
  • 8There Wasn’t Enough
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  • 9Why Am I Alive Now?
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  • 10You Be Free
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    ANOHNI, Jimmy Hogarth
    Producer
    Jimmy Hogarth
    Bass
    Sam Dixon
    Drums
    Chris Vatalaro
    Guitar
    Jimmy Hogarth
    Mastering Engineer
    Greg Calbi
    Mixing Engineer
    Jimmy Hogarth
    Piano
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